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> To put this another way, Amazon is LOTS of different startup ecommerce businesses on one platform. All the profits from the ones that work are spent on new, l

• mabbo 13y ago
  While I interned at Google, my manager said to me once "See, at Google, we found a hose that money pours out of. It's name is 'Online Advertising'. We now do two things- improving the flow of the hose, and searching for another hose."
  • dictum 13y ago
    I'd say they've already found another hose: self-driving cars. How they'll get them to market is the question.
    • jfoster 13y ago
      It will be interesting. They could launch several fully-automated business based on autonomous vehicles: taxi, parcel delivery, (B2B) distribution, and probably many more. Other options are for them to license out the technology, or get into vehicle manufacturing, but I think those are far less interesting.
    • apalmer 13y ago
      The 'hose' has to actually produce money. Until such point it isnt a hose.
    • kin3tic 13y ago
      Or you know, a massive index of predictive technology that knows where I'm going and when before I do? Those services and data are more important than any physical product Google will ever release. Because it will power your interactions with their devices. Glass, Watch, Car, all will be powered and interacted with primarily through Google Now. Your Keep notes will becomes TODOs that your car offers to drive you to on your way home. People thinking in hardware products can go hang out with Apple and see how that keeps working out for them.